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detected, the Griffins alert the customer and share the diagnostic information so the HOA can call their land- scape maintenance contractor to make the repair. All clients must use a specific wireless controller to stream- line their services. “Te system we use sends messages every morning


that alert us to a potential short on a zone or issue with a valve and other issues so they can have their landscape contractor send out a tech before the issue creates a ma- jor leak,” she says. In Simsbury, Connecticut, Mark Twiss, manager of


irrigation services for DW Burr Landscape & Design Inc., says the company only works on sites with wireless controllers. Te company requires this for both its resi- dential and commercial customers.


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“Our rocks bleed water here in the Northeast, but that doesn’t mean we can overwater,” Twiss says. “Since I got my CIC, I see things differently. I’m a strong ad- vocate for water conservation and won’t install a tradi- tional controller. Tese new Wi-Fi controllers account for soil texture class, slope, real-time weather data, equations for rectangle or square and make it efficient to achieve that.” Te United States Environmental Protection Agen-


cy estimates that overwatering landscapes wastes 50% of outdoor watering. Wireless controllers can help reduce that number and bring cost-savings benefits to clients and contractors alike. Here, Griffin and Twiss offer in- sights into challenges with adopting their use and advice for overcoming them.


Using wireless controllers has allowed our company to be smaller while managing more systems at one time. To get the most out of it, you must actively manage it.”


– Amanda Griffin, Griffin Outdoor Services


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